Vegetable-crusher.



PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903.

M. WARREN.

VEGETABLE GRUSHER.

APPLICATION Hum JAN. 2a.. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 23, 1903.

MARY WARREN, OF BATTLEOREEK, MICHIGAN.

VEGETABLE-CRUSHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,986, dated une 23,1903. Application filed January 28, 1903. Serial No. 140,911. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY WARREN, a citizen of United States, residing atBattlecreek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Vegetable-Crushers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in separators forremoving seeds.

from tomatoes, grapes, &c. {and its object is to provide means wherebythe material contained within the separator may be agitated until theparts are separated, said agitator being provided with means whereby theseeds may be moved upon the straining-surface of the separator withoutbeing forced therethrough.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists inproviding a receptacle the bottom of which has a plurality of aperturestherein formed by stamping sheet metal or by constructing said bottom ofwirenetting.

The invention also consists in providing an agitator having a series ofribs upon the lower or working surface thereof, to bear upon the bottomof scrape the seeds thereover.

The invention also consists in the further novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed,

which are adapted the separator and and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, showing the preferred vention, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the device, showing the agitator raised from thebottom of the separator. Fig. 2 is abottom plan view of the device, andFig. 8 is a bottom plan view of the agitator.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a preferablycircular receptacle, the bottom 2 of which is preferably formed ofwire-netting. A flange 3 incloses the receptacle at the upper edgethereof, and a ring 4 also extends around the receptacle 1 and issecured thereto in any suitable manner. This ringis adapted to bearupward upon the flange when the receptacle is raised and has a handle 6formed integral therewith. Hooks 6 are also formed with the ring atdesired intervals and are adapted to engage the top of a bowl or form ofmy inother receptacle and support the separator in position thereon. Acircular block 7 forms the bodyof a combined crusher and agitator, andthis block has a handle 8 secured thereon. The block is preferably of adiameter equal to the diameter of the bottom of receptacle 1 and isprovided upon its lower surface with ribs 9, formed integral therewithand radiating from the center to the periphery thereof at desireddistances apart. To separate seeds of tomatoes, grapes, &c., from thepulp thereof, the material is placed upon the bottom 2 and agitator 7 isthen pressed downward thereon to crush the same. A rotary motion is thenimparted to the agitator by means of handle 8, and the ribs 9 willscrape the upper surface of the bottom and press the seeds from thepulp, causing them to accumulate between said ribs. The pulp will beforced downward through theapertures in the bottom 2. After a sufficientquantity of material has been separated in this manner the seeds can beremoved from the separator and the operation above described repeated.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; butI do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve theright to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my.invention.

Having thusdescribed theinvention, what is claimed as new is- In avegetable-crusher of the character described, the combination with areceptacle having apertures in the bottom thereof, a handle andsupporting-hooks extending from the body of the receptacle, of acombined crusher and agitator comprising a body portion, a handleextending upward therefrom, and ribs upon the lower surface of the bodyportion and formed integral therewith and radiating from its center toits periphery.

In testimony whereof I affix'my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARY WARREN. Witnesses:

GoLDIE STARKEY, O. L. ASHLEY.

